From The President’s Desk

POPE WELCOMES CATHOLIC DISSIDENTS

By |2023-11-20T12:21:41-05:00November 20th, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

This is the article that appeared in the October 2023 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out the news release, here. William A. Donohue On October 17, Pope [...]

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HATING #1

By |2024-03-21T11:44:49-04:00October 19th, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue The United States is the richest and most powerful nation on earth. New York City is largely regarded as the number-one international city. The New York Yankees have the most World Series wins and the richest history of any major league team. The Catholic Church is seen as the most influential religious body [...]

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SOCIAL CONSERVATISM IS REBOUNDING

By |2024-03-21T11:51:24-04:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue This article originally appeared in The American Spectator  on July 3, 2023. It was just a matter of time. Decent Americans have had a radical race and LGBT agenda shoved in their face for too long, and now they are fighting back. Too bad not all conservatives are on board. Former congressman Paul [...]

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30 YEARS AND COUNTING

By |2024-03-21T11:58:47-04:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue July 1 marked my 30th year as president and CEO of the Catholic League. Bernadette Brady-Egan, our vice president, celebrated her 28th anniversary on the same day. We've had a good run, and we're not done. One reason for not retiring is the state of our country. Never have I seen our country [...]

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50th ANNIVERSARY DINNER WAS A HIT

By |2023-08-17T13:00:13-04:00June 21st, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue On April 27, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Catholic League at the New York Athletic Club. In attendance was the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Peter Byrne, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, Bishop Joseph Coffey of the Archdiocese for the Military, and several priests, including [...]

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WHY I WROTE WAR ON VIRTUE

By |2023-05-18T14:30:21-04:00May 18th, 2023|Categories: From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream is a book I had to get off my chest. To be blunt, I am seething mad at the smug, arrogant, patronizing, condescending and frankly racist white ruling class who are working overtime to undermine the prospects of realizing the American [...]

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CELEBRATING OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY

By |2023-04-21T13:39:53-04:00April 21st, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue Fr. Virgil Blum founded the Catholic League in April 1973. On April 27, we will celebrate our 50th anniversary. Fr. Blum was a Jesuit professor of political science at Marquette University, and he made it his mission to found an organization that would allow lay Catholics to become the defenders of the faith. [...]

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WHEN DISHONESTY IS THE NORM

By |2023-03-16T14:39:07-04:00March 16th, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

Being ethically inconsistent is a trait that is universal, no matter how hard we try to be consistent. Usually, it doesn't matter too much, and that is because our shortcomings are limited to a small group, mostly family, friends, neighbors and work associates. But when it comes to public persons—those whose values and behavior affect a [...]

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ABORTION IN THE POST-ROE ERA

By |2024-02-01T13:51:04-05:00January 18th, 2023|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue No institution in American history has been more resolute in its opposition to abortion than the Catholic Church. Protestants and Jews were almost in lockstep praising Roe v. Wade in 1973, largely because our side was against it. Then things changed. In the 1970s, evangelical Protestants moved away from their reflexive anti-Catholicism and [...]

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WHY WE DID THE DISNEY MOVIE

By |2022-12-19T15:58:47-05:00December 19th, 2022|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

William A. Donohue When I was in the 7th grade, I was asked by one of my nun teachers who was the person I most admired. I said Walt Disney. When asked why, I simply said it is because he makes so many people happy. That was then. Over the years, beginning in large measure in [...]

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